Which is exactly my point: no candidate for public office will ever please conservatives.
The reason that the Leftists are so successful (and will continue to be so) is that they are committed to The Glorious Cause. Each single-issue fringe is eager and willing to back the Dear Leader of the moment, as long as he fulfills that slice’s issue, so they will march in the formation.
Conservatism is more like a Wild West wagon train on the Oregon Trail. A bunch of independent families, all headed in generally the same direction, with a few trail bosses to guide the line of march - but individuals will break off, or turn back, all along the trail, and only stay as long as their needs are met.
You are assuming we stay home from voting because we are not republicans. I’m 72 years old, I’ve never missed an election. I voted for
McCain and Romney while actually voting against OBAMA. But when you vote these days your vote simply supports socialism...which we would have gotten a “ lite” form of with either Republican. Look at what the Republicans just did...they financed Obama’s executive order for amnesty and Obamacare. Little wonder people stay home, there is no choice. In Hillary’s words...”what difference dies it make?”